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USHB9468PassMaking supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.
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2024-09-20
Signed by President.
USHB2911Engross
50%
To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to periodically review the automatic maximum coverage under the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance program and the Veterans' Group Life Insurance program, and for o...
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2024-09-18
Received in the Senate.
USHB4190Engross
50%
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to repay the estates of deceased beneficiaries for certain benefits paid by the Secretary and misused by fiduciaries of such beneficiaries.
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2024-09-18
Received in the Senate.
USHB4424Engross
50%
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to study and report on the prevalence of cholangiocarcinoma in veterans who served in the Vietnam theater of operations during the Vietnam era, and for other purposes.
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2024-09-18
Received in the Senate.
USHB5464Engross
50%
To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Guntersville, Alabama, as the "Colonel Ola Lee Mize Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic".
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2024-09-18
Received in the Senate.
USHB6324Engross
50%
To authorize major medical facility projects for the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2024, and for other purposes.
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2024-09-18
Received in the Senate.
USHB7100Engross
50%
To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the organization of the Office of Survivors Assistance of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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2024-09-18
Received in the Senate.
USHB7342Engross
50%
To establish the Veterans Advisory Committee on Equal Access, and for other purposes.
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2024-09-18
Received in the Senate.
USHB7777Engross
50%
To increase, effective as of December 1, 2024, the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans, and for other purposes.
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2024-09-18
Received in the Senate.
USHB7816Engross
50%
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to seek to enter into an agreement with a federally funded research and development center for an assessment of notice letters that the Secretary sends to claimants for benefits under laws administered by t...
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2024-09-18
Received in the Senate.
USSB4711Intro
25%
A bill to limit the consideration of marijuana use when making an employment suitability or security clearance determination, and for other purposes.
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2024-09-18
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
USSB2825Engross
50%
A bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the United States Army Dustoff crews of the Vietnam War, collectively, in recognition of their extraordinary heroism and life-saving actions in Vietnam.
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2024-09-17
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
USSB2949Intro
25%
A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to complete a data matching agreement with the Secretary of Education in order to ensure individuals who are current or former active-duty military service members or civilian employees and are otherwise eli...
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2024-09-17
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
USHB705Intro
25%
To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from transmitting certain information to the Department of Justice for use by the national instant criminal background check system.
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2024-09-16
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 573.
USHB7323Intro
25%
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to disapprove courses of education offered by a public institution of higher learning that does not charge the in-State tuition rate to a veteran using certain educati...
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2024-09-16
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 571.
USHB8774Engross
50%
Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes.
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2024-09-12
Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 508.
USHB8580Engross
50%
Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes.
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2024-09-12
Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 506.
USHB8512Intro
25%
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for oth...
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2024-09-11
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 558.
USHB3790Intro
25%
To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend increased dependency and indemnity compensation paid to surviving spouses of veterans who die from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, regardless of how long the veterans had such disease prior to death.
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2024-09-10
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 556.
USHB5870Intro
25%
To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements to the processing of claims for benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the transparency of actions of Board of Veterans' Appeals, and for other...
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2024-09-10
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 555.
USHB5890Intro
25%
To amend title 38, United States Code, to limit the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to deny the claim of a veteran for benefits under the laws administered by such Secretary on the sole basis that such veteran failed to appear for a me...
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2024-09-10
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 554.
USHB7150Intro
25%
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to improve equitable access to certain benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and to improve certain outreach to individuals who ser...
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2024-09-10
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 553.
USHB7347Intro
25%
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to report on whether the Secretary will include certain psychedelic drugs in the formulary of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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2024-09-06
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 544.
USHB8671Intro
25%
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish the Intelligence Rotational Assignment Program, and for other purposes.
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2024-08-30
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 537.
USHB8664Intro
25%
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of Homeland Security to conduct an annual audit of the information systems and bulk data of the Office of Intelligence and Analys...
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2024-08-30
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 536.
USHB7643Intro
25%
To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the use of Department of Veterans Affairs work-study allowance to carry out casework, policy making, and oversight related to the activities of the Department at certain congressional offices.
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2024-08-27
Supplemental report filed by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, H. Rept. 118-596, Part II.
USHB2499Intro
25%
To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out an information technology system and prioritize certain requirements to manage supply chains for medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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2024-08-09
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 523.
USHB6531Intro
25%
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to develop a training program for certain senior executives and supervisors employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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2024-08-09
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 522.
USHB6874Intro
25%
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to implement a system or process to actively monitor the veteran self-service and data transmission functions of the main internet website of the Department of Veterans Affairs for certain adverse events, a...
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2024-08-09
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 524.
USSB3938Engross
50%
A bill to designate the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Lynchburg, Virginia, as the "Private First Class Desmond T. Doss VA Clinic".
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2024-08-06
Held at the desk.
USSB4921Intro
25%
A bill making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes.
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2024-08-01
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 450.
USSB4883Intro
25%
A bill to require the Director of National Intelligence to issue a report on interference by Islamic Republic of Iran in United States domestic politics, and for other purposes.
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2024-07-31
To Senate Select Intelligence Committee
USSB3285PassA bill to rename the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Butte, Montana, as the "Charlie Dowd VA Clinic".
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2024-07-30
Became Public Law No: 118-76.
USSB3249PassA bill to designate the outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Wyandotte County, Kansas City, Kansas, as the "Captain Elwin Shopteese VA Clinic".
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2024-07-30
Became Public Law No: 118-75.
USHB7734Intro
25%
To amend title 38, United States Code, to require a notation in the personnel record file of certain employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs who resign from Government employment under certain circumstances.
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2024-07-30
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 511.
USSR778Intro
25%
A resolution acknowledging the courage and sacrifice of veterans of the Vietnam war and expressing regret for the mistreatment of veterans returning home from the war.
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2024-07-30
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5572-5573; text: CR S5589-5590)
USHB2971Intro
25%
To amend title 38, United States Code, to promote assistance from persons recognized by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for individuals who file certain claims under laws administered by the Secretary.
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2024-07-23
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
USHB4136Engross
50%
To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Plano, Texas, as the "U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson Memorial VA Clinic".
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2024-07-23
To Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
USHB6362Intro
25%
To amend title 38, United States Code, to codify the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to assign a disability rating of total to a veteran by reason of unemployability, and for other purposes.
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2024-07-23
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
USHB7333Engross
50%
To name the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in West Palm Beach, Florida, as the "Thomas H. Corey VA Medical Center".
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2024-07-23
To Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
USHB8571Intro
25%
To require the Attorney General to establish a grant program to assist with the medical expenses of qualified working dogs, and for other purposes.
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2024-07-23
To House Subcommittee on Health
USHB8567Intro
25%
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to regularly promote programs under chapter 31 of such title.
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2024-07-23
To House Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity
USHB6538Intro
25%
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a definition of "establishment, determination, or adjustment of employee compensation" for purposes of the collective bargaining of certain Department of Veterans Affairs employees.
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2024-07-18
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 494.
USHB5938Intro
25%
To amend the Veterans' Benefits Improvements Act of 1996 and the Johnny Isakson and David P. Roe, M.D. Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2020 to improve the temporary licensure requirements for contract health care professionals wh...
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2024-07-18
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 492.
USHB6452Intro
25%
To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish in the Department of Veterans Affairs a Veterans Scam and Fraud Evasion Officer, and for other purposes.
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2024-07-18
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 499.
USHB9071Intro
25%
To require the Director of National Intelligence to declassify information relating to security threats posed by covered unmanned aircraft systems, and for other purposes.
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2024-07-18
To House Intelligence Committee
USHB8511Intro
25%
To direct the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress a report on transitioning military acquired credentials to the civilian workforce.
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2024-07-17
To House Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity
USHB8481Intro
25%
To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish an extended deadline for the submission of applications regarding emergency treatment furnished in non-Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities, and for other purposes.
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2024-07-17
To House Subcommittee on Health
USHB8445Intro
25%
To amend title 38, United States Code, and the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide for the eligibility of United States citizens who serve in the Israeli Defense Forces for certain protections relating to such service.
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2024-07-17
To House Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity
USSB4677Intro
25%
An original bill making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes.
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2024-07-11
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 435.
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